1、Unit 1 Food for thoughtStarting out&Understanding ideasThere are some differences between Chinese food and English food.Leading（导）（导）Do you think these above two cuisines can live in harmony in a mixed race family(混血家庭）?Thinking（思）（思）Listen to the tape and finish task 1&2.Fast-readingCareful-reading
2、Read the text silently and carefully,and finish the task 3.Discussing（议）（议）Discuss the exercises in groups.Showing（展）（展）1 How the family stays healthy by eating Chinese food.2 What the family has done to promote Chinese food.3 How the family cooks both Chinese and English food.4 How the family combi
3、nes food from two cultures.Fast-reading:Listen to the tape and finish task 1&2 Task 1:Find the main idea of the passage.v 组合，结合组合，结合Para 1 Dad still has a problem with certain Chinese dish though he loves Chinese food.Para 2 I do not have Dads problem with Chinese food.Para 3 I have a British father
4、 and a Chinese mother.Para 4 I enjoy both British and Chinese food.Para 5 I enjoy British breakfast made by Dad.Para 6 I gathered my courage to try stinky tofu.Task 2:Match the main ideas with each paragraph.part1(para1)I nejoyed food from both countries.part 2(para 2-4)Interesting stories about cro
5、ss-cultural cuisines happening in my familyMy first visit to ChinaI felt home with cross-cultural food.Task 3:Read the text silently and carefully,and choose the best choice.Careful-reading1.Which of the following is of Mums favorite?A.Sichuan hot pot B.Full English breakfast.C.Sunday toast.D.Pigs e
6、ars.2.What made the authors father shocked at their wedding?A.That people ate hot pot.B.That the dishes were too spicy.C.That the Chinese ate meat from animals.D.That the Chinese ate almost every part of an animal.3.From the second paragraph,we can learn that_.A.My dad loves all the Chinese dishes a
7、fter many years of merriage.B.My dad has been used to eating chicken feet.C.Chinese can make dishes using every part of an animal.D.My grandparents felt surprised when they saw my father for he first time.吐司吐司震惊的震惊的辣的辣的 4.The authors father probably dislikes _.A.Sichuan hot pot.B.Full English breakf
8、ast.C.Chicken feet.D.Sunday roast.5.When Iasked the butcher if they had pigsears,the butcher felt_.A.unbelievable B.indifferent C.ignorant D.puzzled6.Why does the authors mother suggest not eating too much roast food?A.Because it is not delicious.B.Because it is bad for their teeth.C.Because they ma
9、y suffer from heat inside their bodies.D.Because it may make them sick.困惑的困惑的难以置信的难以置信的漠不关心的漠不关心的忽视的忽视的7.How did the author feel the first time he tasted stinky tofu?A.He liked it the moment he tasted it.B.It tasted terrible and made him suffer a lot.C.It reminded him of a similarly strong smelling
10、kind of food.D.It reminded him of his burnt sports shoes.8.What do we know about blue cheese?A.It is delicious to smell.B.It has a strong smell.C.It is loved by everybody.D.It is similar to stinky tofu in colour.9.What can we infer from the passage?A.The author prefers British food.B.The author espe
11、cially likes spicy food.C.The author has fallen in love with stinky tofu.D.The author likes both Chinese food and British food.遭受遭受remind sb of sth 让某人想起某事让某人想起某事.课文语篇填空As I am growing up in England with a British father and a Chinese mother,I 1._ (enjoy)food from both countries ever since I was ver
12、y small!Mum comes from Sichuan,and often cooks spicy 2.(dish).Though Dad has come to love hot pot,there are still some dishes that Dad dare not eat.He once told me the first time he 3.(visit)my mothers parents in China,he was surprised by 4.was served on the table.What shocked him most was that the
13、Chinese ate almost every part of 5.animal.Dad can cook a super“full English breakfast”,but Mum says 6.(eat)too much roast food may make us suffer from heat inside our bodies.have enjoyed dishesvisitedwhataneatingCheking(检检)Task 4:Fill in the blanks according to the text.When I visited China for the
14、first time,Mum encouraged me 7.(try)different kinds of food,and I did!I really enjoyed the food.But when I came 8.stinky tofu,I first hesitated and then gathered all my courage to take a bite and was 9.(amaze)to find it wasnt so bad.People say that one mans meat is another mans poison,but I feel at
15、home with food from both my cultures.In my opinion,theres nothing 10.(good)than a cross-cultural afternoon tea of English biscuits and a cup of Chinese oolong tea in a fine china cup!to tryacrossamazedbetterFree talk.What is your favotite food?Why?What food can you make?What food do you want to try?Discuss the above topics with your partners.It is calledIt comes fromIt is famous forIt looks/smells/tastesThank You
